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Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 26028

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088765
MRDS ID M058498
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 26028

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.40467, 40.35856 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position 16000 FT. N15W OF BALSAM BENCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallsburg Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 005E 29 SW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS NO. 4, 41.7%
Result NO.10, 30.5%
Result NO. 40, 22%
Result NO. 200 11.4%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvial Gravels
    Rock description Alluvial Gravels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.40467, 40.35856
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Round Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.024HA
    Overall length 27.43M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING METHOD IS SLOPE CAVING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, WASATCH CO.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE STRAWBERRY VALLEY QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP I-931

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    BISHOP, C., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOSTLY CLAY AND SILT, CLASTS IS ANGULAR, SORTING IS POOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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